Bizarre to have a headline claiming five "types" were identified, but then only describe the behavior of a single type. What are the other four?
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Some Reddit users just love to disagree, new AI-powered troll-spotting algorithm finds
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It's called a dialectic.
Omg no it isn't!
This is literally the point, there is a clear difference between a hegelian dialectic and brute-force manichaeanism.
Social media has allowed us to perceive the one as the other.
Now everybody thinks they're the only righteous ones and anyone who deviates from their strict ~~opinion~~ dogma is evil.
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I’ve been online since 1995. And back in those days, about the worst argument people had was Star Wars vs Star Trek. That’s because the general online population at that time valued fact-based discussion and proper sources. Not like today, where someone’s feelings seem to trump actual fact.
If I post 1+1=2 with proper sources, some idiot is bound to come along to argue that 1+1=tomato soup, that the moon is made of aged brie and that 5G on phones is turning frogs gay. It’s exhausting.
There’s simply too many blithering idiots online who reject facts. And unfortunately instead of blocking them, people engage. Thus giving them incentive to keep doing it.
Disclaimer, nostalgia glasses may color experiences in a slightly more positive light than it really was.
I just call it out immediately and shut people down. I spend countless hours researching and reading and I don't have time for devil's advocates anymore. Here on Lemmy I will just block them and in real life I just tell them homie I don't play that.
They're here too
No they're not.
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Playing Devil's Advocate. has been around way before the internet.
insert 2 spidermen pointing at each other
Some people while cleaning a table just love to scratch it a bit. Why not leave that fossilized fat stain alone.
Same vibes. There's no use in agreeing. You are just adding to a clueless crowd.
Disagreeing helps everyone.
Sounds like that antiyank guy. Always looking for the latest drama.
Probably a lot of russian trolls as well
Yes some people love to argue. I get it, I think arguing with others is fun. It's not so great online tho. It's empty and soul-less.
~~Reddit~~ Lemmy
FIFY
Devils advocate is very much in my nature but not so much when things are being done so obviously badly. Its great when discussions are more philisophical in nature.